Civilization, Savagism, and the Presence of Burning Children

The article examines how Israeli discourse protected the unity of Israeli society following attacks perpetrated by Jewish settlers against Palestinian civilians by asserting distinctions between the savage and the civilized. It offers an analysis of English language Israeli news media as informed by...

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Main Author: Smith, Robert O. 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2016
In: Cross currents
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-214
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jews / Settler / Cruelty / Palestinian Arabs / Civilization / Discourse
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
NCD Political ethics
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B SAVAGISM & Civilization: A Study of the Indian & the American Mind (Book)
B Mass Media
B Colonization History
B Israel Social conditions
B 20th Century
B Israel
B History
B PEARCE, Roy Harvey
B Jewish History
B Palestine
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Summary:The article examines how Israeli discourse protected the unity of Israeli society following attacks perpetrated by Jewish settlers against Palestinian civilians by asserting distinctions between the savage and the civilized. It offers an analysis of English language Israeli news media as informed by the framework in the book "Savagism and Civilization: A Study of the Indian and the American Mind" by Roy Harvey Pearce. It also looks at the American colonization of Palestine.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12187